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Maalik song Raaj Karega Maalik: Miss World Manushi Chhillar & Rajkummar Rao's fresh chemistry is the highlight of this powerful track
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The visuals pack a punch too. Rajkummar Rao's intense screen presence and Manushi Chhillar's strong, confident vibe match the song's bold energy perfectly. The lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya hit the sweet spot between revolt and rhythm, turning the track into a power anthem with strong replay value. Following the tremendous reception of the film's trailer, which dropped just days ago, Raaj Karega Maalik continues to build momentum for the movie's July 11 release. Industry insiders and audiences alike have been praising Rajkummar Rao's transformation into the menacing Maalik, marking his first venture into bad-ass gangster territory. Equally compelling is Miss World Manushi Chhillar's bold decision to go de-glam for her role as Shalini, a move that's earned her acclaim from both industry veterans and fans eager to see her step beyond convention.
Manushi's fresh pairing with Rajkummar has already proven its spark with their first track Naamumkin, which offered audiences a glimpse of their chemistry. Now, Raaj Karega Maalik adds another strong layer to their on-screen partnership. The anticipation for Maalik continues to soar, with fans counting down to what could be a game-changing film for both lead actors. Did we mention that both Manushi and Rajkummar look hot and toweringly powerful in the song? Maalik hits cinemas on July 11.
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'Maalik' actor Rajkummar Rao on his Bollywood journey: 'Watched a lot of Shah Rukh Khan films, to be born in a low middle class family with no money and...'
In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, the actor spoke about his first outing as a gangster, his idea of mass cinema, the inspiration behind becoming an actor, and the dos and don'ts on his film sets. read more Rajkummar Rao was the most successful star of 2024. For 2025, he has a film called Maalik coming up that releases in cinemas on July 11. There's Toasters with Sanya Malhotra as well which marks his and his wife and actress Patralekhaa's foray into production. This is a Netflix release. Now back to Maalik. In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, the actor spoke about his first outing as a gangster, his idea of mass cinema, the inspiration behind becoming an actor, and the dos and don'ts on his film sets. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Edited excerpts from the interview So my first question to you is that every time I see an interview of an actor, they say they are accidental actors. Are you also going to tell me you are an accidental actor? Not at all. I'm a very much planned actor. This is the only thing I wanted to do since I was a kid. When I started watching films, I fell in love with cinema. I fell in love with those actors, those stories, and I decided this is what I want to do in life. It was in class ninth or tenth I was, and that's where I started my journey with. I started doing theatre. I joined a film school, FTII in Pune. I came to Bombay for that. So ever since the pandemic has ended, people have been saying that they want to watch mass cinema. So I first want to ask you before we move to Maalik, how would you define the term mass cinema? I think every cinema is cinema, to be honest. You know, like, Stree worked part one I'm talking about. I don't know if it was a mass cinema. It was a story about a very small town called Chanderi, but the concept was so unique that people lapped it up. It became such a big success, and of course, Stree 2 broke all the records. Srikanth also worked. It's not like they are like mass cinema, maybe on a layman's terms if I would think that somebody which is larger than life, you know, with great music, some great set action pieces. Maybe that is what mass cinema's definition is, but for me, cinema is cinema. Either I like a film or I don't like a film. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Your filmography has such a variety of titles, there is Ragini MMS, there is Trapped, there is Newton, there is Gangs of Wasseypur, there is Bhool Chuk Maaf. What drives your film choices? Always a story. If a story is trying to say something new, it's a unique kind of story. And if it offers me something exciting to explore as an actor, I say yes to that. And then it also depends a lot on the director who's making it. Because it's absolutely a director's medium. You can be the best actor in the world, but if the director is not up to the mark, then that can never be turned into a good film. So what excited you about Maalik? Maalik, again, the story. I think it's such a powerful story with this rigid raw character and the journey that Maalik has from being this Majboor Baap Ka Beta who comes from a very low start of the society to becoming this Maalik. This journey got me very excited. And Pulkit, our director and the writer, he's a friend. We worked together, Bose. And he's a phenomenal filmmaker, very gutsy, very passionate about what he does, and a great human being, dear friend. And Jayu, who's our producer, he's also a dear friend. So it was a team that I thought would be so much fun to be a part of this team in this story. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD How was it like tasting blood? It was the first time for me. I had a lot of fun. I had a great time fighting those AK 56 and AK 47 and then using my body to do action. I beefed up for this film. I I wanted to feel very strong to play Malik. So I enjoyed doing these action stunts and action pieces, also because they were very real in nature. He's doing things which are larger than life, but in a very believable manner. Because most of the movies that are about gangsters are about good versus evil. But do you feel Malik digs deeper, the character as well as the film? It does. It does. It digs deeper. It also tells you I love the line from our film, which is also in the trailer. It's the tagline also. It's a tagline, which is such a universal line. It doesn't talk only about Maalik. It talks about all of us that we are not born with a silver spoon, but we have that capability that we can make it big in life. We can be our own Maalik. We don't have to be a servant to anyone. So that's a line I really got connected with. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Because it also describes your journey as well… In a way, yes. I could, that's the reason maybe I could connect with it because I also come from a very humble beginnings, you know, to be born in a low middle class family with no money and to have this gutsy dream of becoming a film actor one day. The journey wasn't smooth, but it was exciting. Was there any particular film that really inspired you to be a part of the industry? We used to watch a lot of films. I grew up in a joint family and, there was this tradition that we would get that VCR for one night. And then we would watch two, three films that day. So I think there only it started. I remember watching a lot of Shahrukh Khan films in theatres and on VCR, watching Agneepath, believing in that story so much that I started crying after Vijay Deenanath Chauhan dies, that Amitabh Bachchan cannot die. He's Amitabh Bachchan. So I was howling under my pillow saying Bhagwan, please Amitabh Bachchan nahin mar sakta. So I believed those stories. I think all these actors influenced me to join this journey and to join their gang. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Mukesh Chhabra has said this in many of his interviews that you are one of those rare actors who cracked every audition, be it Queen, Kai Po Che, Gangs of Wasseypur, Shahid. What goes behind auditioning for a film and your earliest memories of him? So I, of course, auditioned for a lot of films. I auditioned for Queen. I auditioned for Kai Po Che. I didn't have to go through too many auditions for Shahid, to be honest. But because I used to be present in all the auditions of other actors, for every audition, if any actor would come, I would go in, so that I can support and then also can work on my own character in those auditions. I loved giving auditions. I thought it's a great exercise. Also, as an actor, you get to work. You get to perform in front of the camera. You get to try new things. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD So I have very fond memories of auditioning. And with Mukesh, of course, you know, his office was in Aram Nagar, and I was staying at Yari Road, which is not too far. I remember him, so many times he would just call me for an audition and I would turn up there. I'll be there in ten minutes because I knew this is the only thing I've come to the city for, to audition because that's the only way being an outsider that you can give a good audition and then maybe get a film. So I would turn up for every audition, and I enjoyed that process a lot. You were described as the most successful and profitable actor of 2024. You were also the star of the year of 2017. But does commercial success ever drive your choices? I mean, do you look at a script and say that it's a good script, but maybe it's not commercial enough? I mean, corrupt might not be the right word, but do you get carried away? STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Corrupt is the only word. Corrupt is the only word. When you start choosing scripts, only thinking that, oh, this might work at the box office. Of course, every actor wants his films to work at the box office, but nobody knows the formula. We do everybody, we all do films thinking that this will be a success. Sometimes it's not. But it's not like your faith in that script would change. For example, a recent example, I would say Badhaai Do. It's one of my most favourite films. It didn't work as brilliantly at the box office that we would expect. The reason could be so many. Maybe the wrong release date, everything. It was during COVID But does it make anything less for that film in my head? No. It's still one of my most special films. It found its audience, and I would again and again work with Harsh who's a dear friend and a director. You have been working very successfully as an actor. You are a bona-fide movie star. You're also turning a producer now. So as an actor, as a producer, as a star, what are some of the things on a movie set that you make sure are properly followed? It could be food for the co stars or the crew, working environment, working hours. All these. That's the first thing, so Patralekhaa produced Toaster. And the next one that we are filming currently is, under our banner, which is a theatrical. That's also what Patralekhaa is producing. And the first thing that we said because, you know, after working for so many years for both of us, we know that you have to give good food to the crew. And you have to give it on time. That's the basic thing that they expect out of you. So the first thing we told our production team is that we cannot compromise on the food quality. There has to be everybody working for the film. Nobody's doing anyone any favour. They're all professionals, so please provide good food and on time. And second thing is there cannot be any hierarchy on set. Everybody is equally important to the film. 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Hindustan Times
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Not here for fame, but to contribute to cinema: Rajkummar Rao on 15 years in movies
Mumbai, When people think of me, I want them to remember me as someone who was in the film industry for the right reasons, says actor Rajkummar Rao on completing 15 years in Bollywood. Not here for fame, but to contribute to cinema: Rajkummar Rao on 15 years in movies From playing supporting roles in 'Rann', 'Gangs of Wasseypur', 'Talaash', and 'Kai Po Che!', the actor gradually moved to leading man roles in movies 'Shahid', 'Aligarh', 'Trapped', 'Newton', 'Bareilly Ki Barfi', 'Badhaai Do', 'Stree 2', and 'Bhool Chuk Maaf'. 'When people think of me after many years, I want them to think of me with a lot of respect, somebody who took his work seriously and who was here for the right reasons, for the right intentions, and not for fame, but to contribute to our cinema,' Rao, who made his debut in Bollywood with a three-second role in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Rann' in 2010, told PTI in an interview. The 40-year-old actor said he feels blessed that over the years, audiences have connected with his work. 'When a film works, you can see that a film has genuinely worked. Now, people think every figure that is coming out is a bogus figure, but it's not like that. It's like saying every actor calls the media or they don't, no, it's not true. I don't, I haven't called the media ever in my life. "I talk to my producers and distributors to know about how the film , and they won't lie to me. They would tell me exactly what happened. When you go to theatres, there is an audience, which is almost full or 70-80% full, you know people are coming and watching the film. That's the only way to judge whether it's working or not,' Rao said. Rao is excited to step into the role of an action hero in the highly anticipated film 'Maalik', directed by Pulkit of 'Bhakshak' fame. Sharing his long-standing desire to dive into action genre, the actor said, 'It was not the first time somebody offered me an action film; I was offered this genre before, but I couldn't connect with those stories. But when I read this , I thought it was such a powerful story about this guy's rise; the arc was beautiful.' Citing the example of his roles in 'Srikanth' and 'Mr and Mrs Mahi', Rao said he is eager to push the envelope further. I was missing seeing myself doing something very different. Like last year, I'm glad 'Srikanth' happened, it was very different from 'Mahi'. I want to do something that maybe I don't expect out of myself," he said. While the actor has dabbled in the world of gangsters before, most notably in the black crime comedy series 'Guns and Gulaabs' and the 2017 film 'Omerta', where he played a terrorist, he said that 'Maalik' is completely different. 'This one is a full-blown action film. It's one of those, massy, big commercial action films with the heart in its right place. There's a great story attached to it, and there are great characters. So, it's very, very different from whatever I've done to date,' the actor said, adding he approached the role of a gangster in 'Maalik' without any preconceived notions. 'I wanted to go like a clean blank paper and put everything together with my imagination, with everyone's help around me, with Pulkit's vision that he had for 'Maalik',' Rao added. His favourite films in the genre are Gopal Varma's 'Shiva' and Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. 'There were things that actors wouldn't do in the 70s, 80s, but now it seems very normal for actors to do that. Same with action, with the more violence in the film, it was not okay to do that in the 80s, 90s, 2000, but now it's fine. "It's always evolving, sometimes you go back to basics, sometimes you want to push it forward. It's a part and parcel of the process,' the actor said, adding that his favourite action stars are Bruce Lee, Hugh Jackman, and Amitabh Bachchan. 'Maalik' also features Manushi Chhillar, Saurabh Shukla, Saurabh Sachdeva, Prosenjit Chatterjee, and Swanand Kirkire. Produced by Kumar Taurani under the Tips Films banner and Jay Shewakramani's Northern Lights Films, the movie is slated to release in cinemas on July 11. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Time of India
5 hours ago
- Time of India
Anshumaan Pushkar calls Rajkummar Rao a mentor-like friend
Actor Anshumaan Pushkar , has opened up about the deep professional bond that he shares with actor Rajkummar Rao . Calling the experience both "enriching and transformative," Anshumaan revealed that working with Rajkummar in Maalik was nothing short of inspiring. "Raj is one of my favourite actors. I've followed his work closely for years, so to finally collaborate with him was a great learning experience,' Anshumaan shared. He added, 'On set, he's like a mentor and a good friend—always making things easier for his co-actors.' In Maalik , both actors take on pivotal roles, and Anshumaan believes their strong off-screen chemistry translated effortlessly on screen. He recalled a memorable moment from the shoot: 'There was a tricky scene where I felt completely confused. Raj stood by me, gave his cues with full intensity, and later reassured me by saying I delivered exactly what the scene needed.' The young actor also spoke about how regular discussions with Rajkummar on the nuances of acting helped him grow as a performer. 'We constantly exchanged thoughts on craft and character. Raj bhai's command over acting pushed me to dig deeper and evolve. I'll always be thankful to him for that,' he added.
